Dirt

Playing in the dirt is the best thing next to being at the beach and playing in the sand there. Gavin loves to "cook" and make patties and cakes and pies and drinks and soup. He is so creative when it comes to this. He will get a handful of white sand from our driveway and use that has salt. He uses flower petals as vegetables. He will use vines as pasta and leaves as herbs. And of-course there always needs to be an abundance of water.
Today he made cupcakes. Awhile back I had given him some old pots and pans and an old muffin tin to play with outside. He has discovered that filling up the muffin tin with his creations and then swiftly turning it over on the ground will result in a cupcake shaped mound. I now have many of these around my backyard.

I believe that is a blueberry cupcake he said. We have little berry shaped seeds the Popcorn Tree in our backyard drops and he uses them as well to make his yummy treats.
Then he wanted to pose. This boy sometimes loves the camera and other times he wants nothing to do with it. Today he wanted to put on a show.

I love this boy so much. My heart is full.